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Posted: **Sun Mar 24, 2024 6:22 pm**

1. What will the Mets' record be?
2. Predict the NL East standings from 1 to 5:
3. Will the Mets make the playoffs (if so, as the division champ or 1st, 2nd, or 3rd WC)?
4. If so, how far will they go?
5. Who will be the World Champion?
6. Number of regular season HRs for Pete Alonso:

Posted: **Sun Mar 24, 2024 6:40 pm**

1. What will the Mets' record be?

84-78

2. Predict the NL East standings from 1 to 5:

ATL-MIA- NYM-WAS-PHIL (predicting scandal and recrimination in Philly this year)

3. Will the Mets make the playoffs (if so, as the division champ or 1st, 2nd, or 3rd WC)?

3rd WC

4. If so, how far will they go?

Win it all
5. Who will be the World Champion?

Blue and orange

6. Number of regular season HRs for Pete Alonso:

38

Posted: **Sun Mar 24, 2024 7:12 pm**

bmfc1 wrote: ↑Sun Mar 24, 2024 6:22 pm 1. What will the Mets' record be?

81-81

2. Predict the NL East standings from 1 to 5:

3rd

3. Will the Mets make the playoffs (if so, as the division champ or 1st, 2nd, or 3rd WC)?

No
4. If so, how far will they go?

5. Who will be the World Champion?

Atlanta

6. Number of regular season HRs for Pete Alonso:

46 , but not all with the Mets though

Posted: **Sun Mar 24, 2024 7:32 pm**

1. What will the Mets' record be? 97-65
2. Predict the NL East standings from 1 to 5: NYM, PHI, ATL, MIA, WSH
3. Will the Mets make the playoffs (if so, as the division champ or 1st, 2nd, or 3rd WC)? Yes! See Q#2
4. If so, how far will they go? The Canyon of Heroes
5. Who will be the World Champion? See Q#4
6. Number of regular season HRs for Pete Alonso: 44

Posted: **Sun Mar 24, 2024 7:45 pm**

I'm defending my last year's contest win with:
1. What will the Mets' record be? 79-83
2. Predict the NL East standings from 1 to 5: Phil., Atl., Mia., NY, Wash.
3. Will the Mets make the playoffs (if so, as the division champ or 1st, 2nd, or 3rd WC)? no
4. If so, how far will they go? N/A
5. Who will be the World Champion? San Diego Padres
6. Number of regular season HRs for Pete Alonso: 52

Later

Posted: **Mon Mar 25, 2024 8:16 am**

1. What will the Mets' record be? 70-92
2. Predict the NL East standings from 1 to 5: ATL, PHI, MIA, WAS, NYM
3. Will the Mets make the playoffs (if so, as the division champ or 1st, 2nd, or 3rd WC)? Ha! No.
4. If so, how far will they go? N/A
5. Who will be the World Champion? Braves
6. Number of regular season HRs for Pete Alonso: 40

This pitching staff will be an unmitigated disaster. They'll be out of contention by Memorial Day. The 'Step-back' year will be more of a Moonwalk.

Posted: **Mon Mar 25, 2024 9:33 am**

1. What will the Mets' record be? 83-79
2. Predict the NL East standings from 1 to 5: Braves, Phillies, Mets, Marlins, Nationals
3. Will the Mets make the playoffs (if so, as the division champ or 1st, 2nd, or 3rd WC)? No
4. If so, how far will they go? No
5. Who will be the World Champion? Toronto
6. Number of regular season HRs for Pete Alonso: 41

Posted: **Mon Mar 25, 2024 10:40 am**

1. What will the Mets' record be? 82-80
2. Predict the NL East standings from 1 to 5: ATL-PHI-NYM-MIA-WAS
3. Will the Mets make the playoffs (if so, as the division champ or 1st, 2nd, or 3rd WC)? NO
4. If so, how far will they go?
5. Who will be the World Champion? ATL
6. Number of regular season HRs for Pete Alonso: 36

Posted: **Mon Mar 25, 2024 4:13 pm**

bmfc1 wrote: ↑Sun Mar 24, 2024 6:22 pm 1. What will the Mets' record be? 85-77
2. Predict the NL East standings from 1 to 5: ATL, PHI, NYM, MIA, WAS
3. Will the Mets make the playoffs (if so, as the division champ or 1st, 2nd, or 3rd WC)? 3d WC
4. If so, how far will they go? Lose to LAD in the 2d round
5. Who will be the World Champion? Astros
6. Number of regular season HRs for Pete Alonso: 52

Posted: **Mon Mar 25, 2024 5:55 pm**

1. 91-71

2. Braves, Mets, Phillies, Marlins, Nationals

3. Yes, the Mets will make the playoffs

4. They'll make it to the World Series

5. Mets will win it all

6. 61 homers for Alonso

Their record won't be better because of suspect pitching. Their offense is actually quite solid as they have potential All-Stars at every position, save for Bader (but including Baty).

Posted: **Wed Mar 27, 2024 7:31 am**

85-77

ATL METS MIAMI PHILLIES NATIONALS

3rd WC

Lose to Giants in Championship Series

Alonso booms 62

Posted: **Wed Mar 27, 2024 7:55 am**

Keith Law in his fun column ( he is at pains to point out it's fun ) had the Mets finishing 3rd at 79-83

The Mets look like they’re going to score plenty of runs, but give up plenty more, especially if Kodai Senga’s shoulder injury costs him more than a month. Tylor Megill led all of their other starters with 25 starts and 126 1/3 innings last year, but it came with a 4.70 ERA. All five of their projected starters are likely to break, or have already broken, at some point, although the silver lining is that Christian Scott, Dominic Hamel and Mike Vasil should get shots at the rotation. They should get above-average production from five or six positions, although I wish they’d left the DH spot open for Mark Vientos so both he and Brett Baty could get lengthy trials this year before the Mets are truly competing again.

https://theathletic.com/5368497/2024/03 ... ed-article

Posted: **Wed Mar 27, 2024 9:09 am**

1. 78-84

2. Braves, Phillies, Mets, Marlins, Nationals

3. No

4. NA

5. San Francisco

6. 44

Posted: **Wed Mar 27, 2024 9:19 am**

I suspect this may be the first season in which no Mets pitcher gets enough innings to qualify for the ERA title.

Last year, Senga was the only one, and with 166.1 innings, he barely made it.

Posted: **Wed Mar 27, 2024 11:30 am**

1. What will the Mets' record be? 82-80
2. Predict the NL East standings from 1 to 5: Braves, Phillies, Mets, Marlins, Nationals
3. Will the Mets make the playoffs (if so, as the division champ or 1st, 2nd, or 3rd WC)? No
4. If so, how far will they go? N/A
5. Who will be the World Champion? Braves
6. Number of regular season HRs for Pete Alonso: He will have 31 around the All-Star Break, tear up his thumb diving for a ball, and end up with 37.

Posted: **Mon Jul 22, 2024 7:24 am**

This is shaping up like many of us thought it would

Posted: **Mon Sep 30, 2024 10:49 pm**

I only now recall how much catching-up the Mets were doing through the off-season. The hired Stearns in September, and at the end of the season, the firing of Showalter was mostly a surprise. They initially wanted to hire a GM to work under Steans before they hired a manager. They scrapped that plan perhaps because Mendoza was who they had their eye on. Mendoza was brought on November 13, a week after they officially announced they won't be hiring a GM.

They didn't really make any moves except around the margins until they added Luis Severino on December 1. Tyrone Taylor signed up on December 20, but most of the real teambuilding (Bader, Manaea, Martinez, etc.) happened after January 1.

Posted: **Tue Oct 01, 2024 7:59 am**

Up until May 30, I was spot-on. After that, glad to be catastrophically wrong.

Posted: **Tue Oct 01, 2024 8:34 am**

Lefty Specialist wrote: ↑Tue Oct 01, 2024 7:59 am Up until May 30, I was spot-on. After that, glad to be catastrophically wrong.

Me, too.
I had them missing the playoff for the same reasons., as well as the lack of run producers at two outfield spots. (Which they still haven't remedied)
Later

Posted: **Tue Oct 01, 2024 10:16 am**

At 91 Cowtipper is closest to the pin. Well played

Posted: **Wed Oct 02, 2024 12:56 pm**

Now pivot to the pivot thread.

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=32954

Posted: **Wed Oct 02, 2024 1:01 pm**

Benjamin Grimm wrote: ↑Fri Dec 22, 2023 12:51 pm It doesn't make sense to go into 2024 thinking it's a lost season. You can try to be a 90-win team instead of a 100-win team (just this once) and get into the playoff melee and maybe turn that into a championship.

Maybe I should have said "an 89-win team".

Posted: **Wed Oct 02, 2024 1:30 pm**

Benjamin Grimm wrote: ↑Wed Oct 02, 2024 1:01 pm
Benjamin Grimm wrote: ↑Fri Dec 22, 2023 12:51 pm It doesn't make sense to go into 2024 thinking it's a lost season. You can try to be a 90-win team instead of a 100-win team (just this once) and get into the playoff melee and maybe turn that into a championship.
Maybe I should have said "an 89-win team".

You don't have to play that tap in. We'll give it to you.
Later

Posted: **Wed Oct 02, 2024 1:33 pm**

Just reading through this thread to see if any of you guys predicted the Mets would sign an unknown Latin pop star who would hit .340 and sing the theme song of the 2024 Mets.

Posted: **Wed Oct 02, 2024 1:35 pm**

I did, but I forgot to hit Submit.

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